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Friday, June 29, 2012

MarioCare, or ObamaCare? Dr. Mario Online Rx's Reported Hours

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Politics. Love the topic, hate the topic? Don't care about it? Either way, if you have heard any news from outside of the video game world in the last day it probably had the words "Supreme Court", "ObamaCare", "Upheld", or something along those lines in it.Dr. Mario Online Rx released on May 26, 2008 on the Wii, through the WiiWare service. The game released with a price point of 1,000 Wii Points, which is $10, and can still be downloaded for that price today. The game was developed by Arika and published by Nintendo. It received an ESRB rating of "Everyone" with no content listed for gamers and parents to be aware of.

The 2011-2012 flu season has "officially" ended, and with the U.S. Supreme Court upholding ObamaCare, The Patient Protection and Affodable Care Act (PPACA), bill today, I thought now would be a good time to take another look at Dr. Mario Online Rx.How many hours have Wii owners reported playing Dr. Mario Online Rx in the last 8 months? Brew yourself some coffee, and let's take a look!

The BrewDr. Mario Online Rx has approximately 110,402 U.S. Wii owners that have now reported hours through the Nintendo Channel, which is approximately 7,821 more U.S. Wii owners that have reported data for the game since October 24, 2011.

The game's average play-time per day/session is 1 Hour 20 Minutes, which is the same as 8 months ago. Dr. Mario's WiiWare outing has seen an increase of 268,561 Total Hours of game-play reported, over the 2011-2012 influenza season.The game has a "professional" review score average of 72.95%, based on 19 reviews on GameRankings.com.How much has Dr. Mario Online Rx made Nintendo from its U.S. WiiWare release? Just over the last 8 months, the game has made Nintendo about another $78,210. The total amount for the game is now $1,104,020 just based on the number of U.S. players that have reported data and the game's $10 price point.

Caffeinated ThoughtsIf you have not see any footage or don't know much about Dr. Mario Online Rx, the video below gives a good overview of what you should be able to expect from the game:

As for my questions in the images above, "Vitamins? Government? Which one would you choose?" I would pick vitamins. As for "MarioCare, or ObamaCare?" I would definitely pick MarioCare.

Politics is great and all, at least if you're on the money making end of it, but Dr. Mario has already provided great solutions for fighting and defeating viruses for over 20 years now. Would you prefer a vitamin treatment and video game time for a virus as suggested by Dr. Mario, or would you prefer mandated insurance and the IRS as suggested by President Obama? Personally, I would go with vitamins and video games every single time.

QuestionsHave any of you purchased Dr. Mario Online Rx in the last 8 months, and if so, do you know about how many hours you have played the game?

Keeping it simple, and civil, would you select MarioCare or ObamaCare?

"I was asking who I needed to buy Dr. Mario for if they were unable to afford it..."

Don't worry about it. If a gamer can't afford it, Nintendo will send them a bill for it. If they don't pay the bill, well, it will be auto-deducted from any future Club Nintendo totals even if they don't want it.Nintendo has this covered...I'm just wondering what section of the internal company code this will go in? PPACA is put in the IRS code.........................................................................................................

I have Type 1 diabetes, and have health insurance, and can't afford not to have it. We have always paid for it out of pocket though, including when we were both working fast food restaurant jobs, barely making minimum wage.Insulin is not cheap. Blood sugar supplies are not cheap. Pump supplies are not cheap.The Affordable Care Act does nothing to address health care costs, and it doesn't give out free health care...it does require you to pay for it though, so how does that benefit you?

If you don't currently have insurance, but under the Act you are supposed to have it or get fined (the amount and the level of income isn't exactly clear on this yet), then how does that benefit you?

Just because they label it "Affordable" doesn't mean it is, kind of like the Patriot Act...doesn't make it a Patriot.

Cost is the main problem, not that there isn't enough health care and people can't/don't get it, but the costs are continuing to go up and this act doesn't address that.

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